CVE-2007-3848

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-08-14

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).

See more information about CVE-2007-3848 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0939	2007-11-02
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0939	2007-11-02
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2007-0939	2007-11-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0940	2007-10-23

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